WVBC Accepting Names for League At ALL Levels

At this writing the WVBC is preparing to begin it's fall women's singles 8 Ball League sessions at Canal and Odell along with a new beginner league at Bradenton. It is our goal to have multiple locations with a range of skill levels that allows people to move up according to their progress with their game. This philosophy helps to provide as balanced a playing field as possible with the goal of having more balanced competition within each group. 

We currently are accepting names for all skill levels to play in the Winter session, especially advanced beginners and more causal players. The session will run from January to March. If necessary, Round Robins will be held in December to help with seeding new participants.

If you are interested in participating please email us to be added to our list.

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I wanted to let those of you with Embarqmail and Centurylink email addresses that the filters those two providers use are not allowing me to send the WVBC email updates that have links in them to you. Instead, they bounce back to me as spam. If you are one of those on our contact kist, please know that we haven't forgotten about you. If you want to receive our emails you will have to contact your provider to straighten it out OR bookmark our blog and check in with us once in a while to see what's new.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience this causes.

VBC AUGUST 27th MONTHLY MEETING

The Monthly VBC Meeting & Fun Tournament event will be held on Friday, August, 28th.

Schedule of events:
3:00pm - First Tournament
5:00pm - VBC Meeting 
5:45pm - Dinner
6:30pm - 2nd Tournament

Reminders:

• Make reservations for Italian Dinner Night 
• Bring your Clothing Donations for Deb Clifford's Clothing sale

Cost for dinner and one tournament is $7pp. Make your reservation to play and join us for dinner by calling Wendy Lord at 352-250-5295 or emailing her at sidepocit2@comcast.net

When I first got involved with Billiard in the Villages, this was one of my favorite events. Join us and have some fun!

"Intro to Women's Billiards" August 1st - Report

On August 1st we held the 2nd of our quarterly "Intro to Women's Billiards" presentations at Colony Cottage to a group of 30+ women that I had never seen before. WOW it's amazing to me how many women are so interested in learning out our sport! 
The Villages media was there to take photos and record part of the presentation which they included on the Villages TV station a few day later. Since that day, I have seen many of them in my Tuesday class and know that several have signed up for LLLC beginner classes which will begin in September.

Our mission to get more women to the tables is working and the proof is in the pudding' as they say. Sharon Lomanno's beginner group on Saturday is at the bursting point. As a result, those women who have been playing there and who are now playing games are ready to begin playing in beginner leagues and will have that opportunity come September. The WVBC is adding a new beginner league on Saturdays at 9am at Bradenton for any women who are beginners but have begun to play the game. Leagues are not just for good players. As long as your skill level is in the same range as other members in the league, everyone can have fun and win games no matter where your skill set falls in the overall billiards population. It is the goal of the WVBC to seed players so that each league location has a fair and balanced playing field whenever possible.

It has been a pleasure to see the fruit of our efforts succeed in helping more women enjoy our sport. Thanks to all who are helping to make this happen!

ITALIAN DINNER NIGHT NEWS & INFO!

VENUE CHANGE

VBC Member & Guest

Italian Dinner Night 

Saturday, September 26th 

6:00 - 8:00pm

Hibiscus Recreation Center

Colony Cottage

$12pp Donation - Dinner & Dessert (BYOB)

Seating is limited 

Make your reservations NOW! 

Join us for an evening of Italian Flair with Good Friends, Good Mood, Good Food, Good Music!

Sharon Lomanno is providing one of her famous Italian Dinners while Joe Perico will entertain and provide easy listening dinner music from the likes of Sinatra & Dean.

Reserve:

•  Using the "Contact Us" page on this blog
• At the VBC Meeting Friday August 28th
• By finding Annemarie Prioriello, Gale Bellew, Joanne Hawks, Sharon Lomanno, Or Wendy Lord at the tables 

Make payment:

• At the Next VBC monthly meeting, Friday,  August 28th. 
• By finding Annemarie Prioriello, Gale Bellew, Joanne Hawks, Sharon Lomanno, Or Wendy Lord at the tables 
• OR send a check made out to the VBC and send to: Gale Bellew, 1213 Maria Ct, Lady Lake, Fl. 32159

Don't miss out on another great event presented by the WVBC! 

CLOTHING TAG SALE COMING THIS FALL

Deb Clifford has decided to host a Clothing Sale to benefit the VBC Expo fund. She is asking for men's or women's clothing, Shoes, accessories, and Jewelry especially earrings. She asks:

Hi Everyone

I have decided to try a fund raiser that worked great back home. Everyone man or woman has something in their closet they don't wear. THEY SAY IF YOU Have not worn it in over a year you will never wear it......

I am going to have a sale in the fall to help raise money for the expo. I would like to start collecting today so I can iron, put by size and Mark so I can be prepared for the sale. I want any nice items of clothing, shoes, jewelry, hats that you don't wear. Please no stains, rips or tears. People that can't afford store prices will love this sale. I can collect anytime. You may see me at billiards and I can put it in my car, I can come to you, or you can drop at my home....1205 Dustin dr. Near silverlake. 

Any left over items we don't sell I will donate to The Women's shelter....

Thank You

DEB CLIFFORD

YOU CAN DROP OFF NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH AT THE MONTHLY VBC EVENT.

Sale date has not been decided upon yet. She will decide as she accumulates enough stuff to sell but it will be sometime this fall. We will announce it in advance so all can take advantage of the great bargains! 

Remember, one man's trash is another man's treasure. If you own it you probably liked it once and just because you don't anymore doesn't mean someone else won't like it.

ALL unsold items will go to local shelters.

ADVANCED LEAGUE OPPORTUNITY

Ginger Eng runs a league on Tuesday mornings at Coconut Cove at 9am. She is looking for people to help fill her roster. The format is 4 games of 8 ball and 2 of 9 ball all singles play. If you are an intermediate or advanced player interested in joining her league click here to contact her ASAP.